Blog 44

Thanks a lot~~~ we finally have several nice days in Columbus. Feel like spring is coming. Every one wear t-shits and some girls have shirt. The bad thing is that we will have rain tomorrow, and midterm comes next week.

Today’s blog is about everything we like~~ so I want to write down the recipe of cranberry-orange cider. It is a very sweet drink and I like to have it in warm day.

Here is what you need:

1 cup fresh cranberries

6 cups apple cider or unfiltered apple juice

2 cups cranberry juice

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

4 whole cloves

4 whole allspices

2 3-in cinnamon sticks

4 orange slice cut 0.6cm thick. (You also can add lemon and lime slices, I like to use lemon better than orange~~)

Prep time: 15 minutes (another 30 minutes for cool down)

Cook time: 20 minutes

Serves 8

How to do it:

1.       Place cranberries in food processor and pulse just until coarsely chopped.

2.       Place chopped cranberries, cinder, cranberry juice, brown sugar, cloves, allspice, cinnamon sticks, orange slices, lemon and lime slices in Dutch oven. Bring to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; simmer, partially covered, 10 minutes. Remove from heat; let stand 30 minutes.

3.       Strain cider through a fine-wire mesh strainer; discard solids. Keep cider warm serve with additional orange, lemon and lime slices, if desired.

Because of the fresh cranberry, this drink has a fresh red color. I like add a lemon juice in it so it tastes a little sour.